Opera Software would cost Facebook over $1 billion as competition from Google and others could push up the price tag, analysts said on Tuesday, as takeover talk pushed the shares up as much as 26 percent on Tuesday.
Senh: This sounds like a short-term thing if Facebook decides to buy Opera because most people will be using smartphones in the long term. Opera Mini is great if you don't have broadband connection (3G or 4G) or if you're using a simple cell phone.
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Los Angeles Times: Books, Thursday - 05/09/2013 - 10:25 AMAccording to internal documents obtained by the website TechCrunch, Microsoft has offered $1 billion for the digital assets of Nook Media, Barnes & Noble's digital book venture.According to internal documents obtained by the website TechCrunch, Microsoft has offered $1 billion for the digital assets of Nook Media, Barnes & Noble's digital book venture. The deal would give Microsoft Barnes & Noble's e-books, homegrown games and of course its Nook e-readers and tablets. But perhaps not for long: Nook plans to discontinue its Android-based tablet business by the end of 2014, according to the documents. Instead, the company will transition to having Nook content available solely on third-party devices, perhaps ones made by Microsoft, if the purchase goes through.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareThe Web site this week is expected to announce a plan to let some video makers charge a monthly subscription, according to people with knowledge of the plan.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareIn order to write emails or text messages with Google Glass, you dictate words. The device is pleasantly reliable at transcribing things you say unless you happen to have a foul mouth. In that case, it'll make what you say "safe for work," even if you don't want to be censored.Geek.com's Russell Holly was among the first to notice that the voice-to-text feature on Google Glass, much like that
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New York Times, Wednesday - 05/01/2013 - 04:32 PMFacebook reported that about 30 percent of its total advertising revenue came from mobile devices, a significant jump from the last quarter.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareQuick Take Facebook will release its Q1 2013 earnings on May 1. We expect healthy advertising revenue growth driven by improved mobile monetization and a growing user base. Margins will shrink due to higher headcount related costs and infrastructure investments. We’ll also look for any color on the success of Graph Search, which could be one of the key features of Facebook going forward. Facebook will report its Q1 2013 earnings on May 1. We expect to see mobile advertising results improve driven by the company’s efforts to integrate ads into its mobile platform. We expect margins will be lighter as Facebook is hiring aggressively to support the development of a host of features including gifts, Graph Search, custom audience and app-install ads.
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